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Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Modi on the upswing in UP (Tehelka)

The rise,fall and survival of Filmfare (Caravan)

The sackings at Network 18 (Newslaundry)

Why the God of Jobs doesn’t smile on India (Forbes)

Guess who can see your tax data (Open)

The return of Bob the Builder (Outlook)

Atheism in India (Economist)

The Science behind historic uses of urine (Smithsonian)

How Microsoft’s Employee Ranking System caused its decline (Slate)

Complexity and the 10000 hour rule (NewYorker)

Princess Diana’s impossible dream (VanityFair)

How to make perfect coffee (Atlantic)

How to save an extra 25 lakhs for your next startup (Rodinhoods)

Travelogue:Shillong,Meghalaya (Ghumakkar)

15 Businessmen to return their Audis (TeamBHP)

Rajdeep Sardesai’s fate after Network 18 layoffs (UnrealTimes)

Sympathy for the landlord (ModernLuxury)

The US college loan scandal (MattTaibi)

The ghost rapes of Bolivia (Vice)

How having a pet opens up new senses (JaiArjun)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The patriotic ant bully (Open)

Why Manmohan Singh does not respond to Manmohan Singh (Tehelka)

Then there stood none (Outlook)

Hot and bothered (Caravan)

KRK-Saving us from one bad movie at a time (Newslaundry)

The potato farming success of Gujarat’s Banaskantha district (Forbes)

Fear and loathing in Risk Street (MoneyLife)

Military:Arrogance of seniority (IDR)

Climate change can increase armed conflicts by 50% worldwide (Smithsonian)

Oil-Yesterday’s fuel (Economist)

Meaning is healthier than happiness (Atlantic)

The curious case of Digvijaya Singh (UnrealTimes)

My week in North Korea (Reason)

In the violent Favelas of Brazil (SuketuMehta)

Travelogue:Birding trip to Gujarat (TeamBHP)

Flipkart 200M funding:Doodh ka Doodh, paani ka paani (Rodinhoods)

20 Google shortcuts to hone your Google-Fu (Lifehacker)

Links for movie buffs (JaiArjun)

Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:

How Gehlot is handing over Rajasthan to the BJP (Tehelka)

The End of Shame (Open)

Prodigal’s returns (Outlook)

Who’s the real fascist? (Newslaundry)

Why you can bank on India Post (ForbesIndia)

Weak FII inflows enough to weaken the Rupee (Moneylife)

Helping make the best of end of life (Atlantic)

The hunt for Steve Cohen (VanityFair)

20 Things 20 Year Olds don’t get (Forbes)

Charlie Munger:Energy Independence is dumb (SeekingAlpha)

The legacy of Richard Wagner (Smithsonian)

When Giants slow down (Economist)

Soldierless Jihad (ForeignAffairs)

Greece’s unemployed young (Businessweek)

How to use Google as a proxy server to bypass your office security (Labnol)

Travelogue:Road trip from Siliguri to Thimpu (Ghumakkar)

Auto Review:Pajero Sport (TeamBHP)

How legalizing prostitution has failed (DerSpiegel)

Movie Review:D-Day (Jabberwock)

The last days of Big Law (NewRepublic)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Mumbai underworld:Open for business (Open)

The three women in Jagan Reddy’s life (Tehelka)

The Great Gas Scandal which benefits Reliance (Outlook)

BJP prepares to bet everything on Narendra Modi (Caravan)

Tata:We also make news (Newslaundry)

Amazon’s perfect timing for India (Forbes)

From coast to toast (VanityFair)

Even Goldman retreats from emerging markets (MarketWatch)

Someday your passwords will be replaced by a pill (Smithsonian)

Has the Arab spring failed? (Economist)

Americans are living longer but not better (Atlantic)

June 2013 Car Sales Analysis (TeamBHP)

Lootera-The Review (GreatBong)

The Egyptian Struggle and Beyond (TonyBlair)

Gambling and the Russian Mob (NYMag)

The Bin Laden Files (AlJazeera)

Where did the Hockey millions go? (Fortune)

Movie Review:Policegiri (VigilIdiot)

 

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Prannoy Roy:The last Mogul (Newslaundry)

Goodbye Miami (RollingStone)

Booz Allen, the world’s most profitable organisation (BusinessWeek)

The price of loyalty in Syria (NYTimes)

In Pictures:Marriage and Divorce of Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi (UnrealTimes)

Walk in Bannerghatta National Park (TeamBHP)

Afghanistan’s unavoidable partition (ProjectSyndicate)

Mumbai’s endangered restaurants (MumbaiBoss)

Inside the world of Black Ops Online Reputation Management (NYMag)

Something fishy happening at Laffans Petrochemicals? (Moneylife)

Hindi cinema still dominates India’s film culture (Caravan)

Manwatching Mr.Modi (OutlookIndia)

Dilli Door Ast (Open)

Photos:Chaos in Brazil (NewYorker)

The coming Arctic boom (ForeignAffairs)

Why the tomato was feared in Europe for more than 200 years (Smithsonian)

Why Swami Vivekananda’s speech was the greatest ever (MarkTully)

Photos:Luxury Tree Houses (VanityFair)

How to address the masturbating child (Atlantic)

Can Iran be stopped? (Economist)